North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: CIDR FAQ
Ok, so you could not use a proxy server unless you Ogot some other NSP to set up a server also? Is this correct? I want to set up a MAE-East connection, I have a 4000 and only 16 megs or ram. Would I be able to set up a PC as a route server and not need 64 megs or ram in my router? Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Nicolas Williams wrote: > Dave Siegel previously wrote: > > >> As I recall the original discussion was of colocating a router, to forward > >> packets, with a workstation, to compute routes. > > >So what would the normal implementation of such a design be? ebgp-multihop > >all of your peers into the PC, and then a single peering session the Cisco, > >presuming no "next-hop-self" routes? > > No. Colocated BGP4 "proxies" (I'm still not sure what to call these, > anyone?) would peer via EBGP with other ASes BGP4 "proxies" on the same > net. The next_hop BGP4 attribute on all routes exchanged would be that > of the routers on the high speed interconnect, not of the "proxies." > ASes that do not implement this would still peer via EBGP > router-to-router as usual and would not see the "proxies;" eventually > everyone would move towards having "proxies" or else router vendors > would beef up their products, either way, we're all happy. > > >I can see some amount of value in such a design, if it could be made to work > >correctly. Does anybody have the spare equipment to build a lab? (pfeh, yeah, > >right) > > It would work (see the comment on the next_hop BGP4 attribute above). > > I'm sure there are folk out there that would be willing to experiment, > all you need is for two ASes to try it at some exchange (and permission > by the exchange to run the necessary ethernet). > > >Dave > > > >-- > >Dave Siegel Director of Engineering, Net99 > >http://www.webcity.com/ (602)249-1083 24x7 NOC line > >http://www.rtd.com/~dsiegel/ (520)318-0696 My Tucson Office > > > > > Nick > Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite B-5 Email [email protected] Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|